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  • Chief opponent of Mount Soledad cross dies of cancer

    10/26/2006 11:23:07 AM PDT · by justche · 49 replies · 2,496+ views
    San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 10.26.06 | Kelly Thornton
    Philip Kevin Paulson, a Lutheran preacher's grandson who lost his religion and waged a 17-year legal battle to remove the Mount Soledad cross from public property, died yesterday of liver cancer. He was 59. HOWARD LIPIN / Union-Tribune Mount Soledad cross foe Philip Paulson (left) attended a luncheon in his honor Sept. 3. Mr. Paulson, a 6-foot-5 Vietnam War veteran who lived in City Heights, became one of the county's most reviled residents when he prevailed in a lawsuit against the city of San Diego and continued with years of appeals that still are pending. On July 31, doctors told...
  • San Diego and a Few Old Veterans Say "Tear Down that Cross"

    03/11/2005 11:30:33 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 30 replies · 1,149+ views
    e3mil.com ^ | 3/12/05 | Mark A. Ginella
    For those of you who thought the day would never come in America when a Christian cross would be torn down from a veteran’s memorial, you’re in for a shock. On, March 8, 2005, the San Diego City Counsel voted 5 to 3 to tear down a 43 foot concrete cross from the Mt. Soledad Veteran’s Memorial in San Diego, California. This cross has stood since 1954 and was originally dedicated to veterans of the Korean War. The Mt. Soledad cross is surrounded by over 1,600 granite plaques commemorating American veterans of all wars, and has served as a gathering...